Papers, Addresses, Reports: Applied Science as it Affects our Engineering; Looking Through Great Telescopes; John Wolf, Illinois Naturalist; Extract from the Report of the Section Chairman (Agriculture); Influence of age on the value of seed...

This photograph was taken around 1906. Hans Sachs, on the left side of the photograph, owned the lumber yard in the village of Towanda. He built nine Towanda homes, as well as store fronts along Main Street. This building was the office of the...

Photograph of the Skokie Drum & Bugle Corps of the American Legion Post 320 in Wilmette, Illinois in 1955. The Corps won the Illinois state championship in 1952, 1953, and 1955. This photograph shows the entire band recording an album on the stage...

St. Peter Catholic School class photograph, circa 1915. The schools is located at Niles Center Road and Lincoln Avenue in Niles Center, Illinois. Shown: Helen Paroubek (second row, 4th from left in black dress). The other children in the photograph...

Franklin School photograph of a class about 1904 or 1905. Located on east side of 5th Street between York and Kentucky. Teacher was identified as Miss Kirtley. Students identified in the photograph include: Laurence Clifford, third from the right...

Photograph of the Niles Centre House and the Peter Blameuser Store, located at 8046 Lincoln Avenue in Niles Center, Illinois, circa 1870. The Niles Centre House was a saloon and meeting place owned by Peter Blameuser, Jr. The sixteen people in the...

Photograph of the Gabel workshop in Niles Center, Illinois from the early 1900s. Shown: Frank Gabel (left) and Medard Gabel (right) in center of photograph surrounded by tools and hardware. This photograph is part of the collection of the Skokie...

Group photograph of female members of the Nu Sigma Phi Fraternity at University of Illinois, Chicago Medical School, taken in the spring of 1902. The members, including Dr. A. Louise Klehm, are from various graduation years. Dr. Klehm is at the...

Photograph of the South Niles Center School, sometimes also called Fairview School, located on the southwest corner of Howard Street and Niles Center Road in Niles Center, Illinois, circa 1900. Built in 1858, the red brick schoolhouse began as a...

Photograph of the Sharp Corner School parade in Niles Center, Illinois in the early 1900s. Shown: a soldier in uniform at the head of parade of children from the Sharp Corner School. Banner reads: "Sharp Corners School. Dist. 68." All the people in...

This 1987 aerial photograph shows Route 66 and its replacement, Interstate 55 as they bypass the town of Towanda. The Lamplighter subdivision can be seen in the photograph to the south of the town of Towanda, and the Duncan Mansion can be see at...

Photograph of the Farmers Exchange Tavern located on the southwest corner of Golf Road and Gross Point Road in Sharp Corner, Illinois in 1910. The Sharp Corner neighborhood was annexed to Niles Center in the 1920s. The owner of the tavern may have...

Blacksmith shops; Business enterprises; Carriages and carts; Signs and signboards;

Photograph of the P. Baumhardt Horseshoer & Wagonmaker building in Niles Center, Illinois in the late 1800s. The building was located on the northwest corner of Lincoln Avenue and Galitz Street. The people shown in this photograph have not been...

Niles Center Public School 1899 graduation photograph. The photograph is of the graduating exercises on June 30, 1899. Julia and Herman Meyer are identified in the photograph. Julia is in the third row, fifth from the left and Herman is in the...